16AB&I This Is The End

Its crazy to say that I have officially ended my first semester of college! It’s definitely a huge change from high school. It was a lot different since I wasn’t home and never had my family telling what I can and cant do. I must say it was a hard adjustment because I’m not used to doing everything on my own, I’m used to my mom always telling me what I needed to do. It was hard at first but now I can say I successfully got through it!

I have faced many challenges this year in college. I’ll be honest I slacked off so much in high school especially senior year so coming to college was definitely a punch in the face. The hardest part was trying to get everything done in time and balancing out all my classes. I get stressed really easily and so second I hear of one assignment I freak out. I also can only focus on thing at a time, I cant work on one subject then the other without finishing the first. I would always do things the day before they were due. For the most part I never had a test or assignment on the same day so it actually somehow worked out for me. I know it’s not the best strategy but I managed to get everything done!

Another challenge would be being away from home. I’m really close to my family so not having their presence 24/7 can be challenging. I’m not to far away so I see them once in a while but it sucks not being able to attend family gatherings and little things like that. I handled these two situations well, but I could have handled them a much better way. First, I need to work on getting my work done at a reasonable time instead of staying up until 2am to finish it. And, when it comes to family I just need to come to the realization that I’m not going to be able to be with them all the time.

My grades have been good this semester, I’m not complaining about them. I believe I learned a lot in my media class, I had a really good professor who taught in a way that was very understandable. I believe I learned the most from her class; the topic is also interesting to me so that helped as well. My math class was a repeat of last year so I didn’t learn anything new. Although my professor taught math much better so my grade increased from last year. One class that I didn’t learn anything in was my English class. We covered three topics throughout the semester, which were race, gender, and civil disobedience. I’ve covered these three topics since elementary school so I thought this class was just a waste of time.

One specific goal I have for next semester is getting really engaged in all of my courses. I absolutely hate being undecided I just want to know what I want to do in life so I know what courses to take. I’m taking courses that I’m interested in and a few that I know nothing about so hopefully one of them will spark an interest. Overall, my goal for next semester s to continue to get good grades and find a class I really like. My first semester here was a successful one so I can only hope it is as well next semester and for all the rest ahead of me!